祭

Meaning

祭 centers on formal acts of reverence: performing rituals, offering prayers, celebrating sacred occasions, and honoring or enshrining deities.

• 祭りまつり
  N4

  festival; feast; matsuri

• 司祭しさい

  priest; minister; pastor

• 祭典さいてん

  festival

• 祭るまつる
  N2

  to deify; to enshrine

• 大祭たいさい

  grand festival

• 祭壇さいだん

  altar

• 前夜祭ぜんやさい

  event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

• 祭祀さいし

  ritual; religious service; festival

• ひな祭りひなまつり
  N3

  Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival

• 祭司さいし

  priest

• 祝祭日しゅくさいじつ

  national holiday

• 祭神さいじん

  enshrined deity

• 冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい
  N1

  important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

• 祝祭しゅくさい

  festivals; feasts

• 祭日さいじつ
  N3

  national holiday; festival day

• 秋祭りあきまつり

  autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri

• お祭り騒ぎおまつりさわぎ

  festival merrymaking; revelry

• 血祭りちまつり

  killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering

• 祇園祭ぎおんまつり

  Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

• 葬祭そうさい

  funerals and ceremonial occasions

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